释义 |
ˈhumble-ˈjumble rare. [A riming formation on jumble.] A confused jumble. Also ˈhumble-ˈjumbled ppl. a.
1550Cranmer Answ. to Gardiner v. (1551) 361 A confusion, an humble iomble or hotch potch. 1929H. S. Walpole Hans Frost i. ix. 98 The ironic disappointment of fixing pretty sentences together, all, humble-jumble, on the table of his mind. 1940Horizon Jan. 61 It is the Big Bed of Ware combined with the Procrustean bed, in which, humble-jumbled or stretched or curtailed to fit, they all lie most curiously together. |